Digital Domain Rolls Out Immersive News App

HONG KONG: Visual-effects company Digital Domain has partnered with Taiwan’s CTi Television to launch a 360-degree, live-news streaming app.

Called Be PO TV, the app will combine live-streaming technology with news broadcasts to give viewers an immersive reporting experience. Users will be able to watch instant news, events or activities without interruption.

Daniel Seah Ang, the executive director and CEO of Digital Domain, said: “This year marks the beginning of the new era of virtual reality, and we are well-poised to seize this immense market opportunity to apply our technologies to all areas, going against the traditional rules to reposition entertainment, news, movies, TV, games, etc. Be PO TV is an important step for us in the virtual-reality market in Taiwan, bringing our audience an immersive experience of news reporting with our 360 live streaming and virtual-reality technology, enabling us to present more authentic news content to our audience. We believe that the collaboration with CTi TV can fully capitalize the strengths of both companies in the creation of more high-quality immersive media contents, and the promotion of the virtual reality industry development, creating a brand-new experience for audiences in Greater China and around the world.”

Yongjui Ma, the chairman of CTi TV, said: “Following our first collaboration on Kangxi Lai Le, we are honored to work with Digital Domain once again in developing Asia’s first 360 live-news streaming application, taking news broadcast to the next level and bringing a new approach of viewing news reporting to our audience. CTi TV possesses an extensive broadcast network, strong editorial capabilities, and is one of the most influential media in Taiwan and among Chinese communities around the world. Our 24-hour news channel offers the most efficient and authoritative quality news coverage. The use of Digital Domain’s advanced technology in our collaboration leads our audience to the forefront of news reporting, bringing a revolutionary change to media live streaming.”